Senior Perl Contractor who wants to Learn Python -- Work from home + Cambridge, UK (part onsite), Cambridge, UK

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Posted: October 12, 2018

Job title:
Senior Perl Contractor who wants to Learn Python -- Work from home +
Cambridge, UK

Company name: Perl Careers

Location: Cambridge, UK

Terms of employment: Independent contractor (hourly)

Hours: Full time

Onsite: some

Description:
Quick facts:

 * Perl codebase running very commercially successful product
in rapidly expanding company

 * Full-time on-site (Cambridge UK) for 4
weeks, then 2-3 days telecommute a week

 * New features in a mixture of
Perl and Python – a chance to cross-train to Python with no prior
experience needed

 * Perl team has made a couple of excellent, competent,
and friendly hires recently

 * London contractor rates!

Experience with a
Modern Perl stack is a pre-req, and there are some dragons to fight in the
existing codebase, but an awesome opportunity.

Desired skills:
Very strong understanding of Modern Perl

Good understanding of DBIx::Class

Good understanding of at least one Perl web framework (Catalyst, Dancer,
Mojolicious)

Strong knowledge of RESTful API design and surrounding best
practices

Strong knowledge of testing RESTful APIs

Website for more information:
https://perl.careers/jobs/senior-perl-contractor-who-wants-to-learn-python-
---work-from-home--cambridge-uk/

Contact information at:
http://jobs.perl.org/job/21464#contact